Kurt Hall News

Arena Stage presents the world premiere of Daniel Beaty's Resurrection, a drama with a unique blend of music, poetry and dance. A co-production with Connecticut's Hartford Stage, Resurrection explores the interwoven lives of six African-American men struggling to make a living and to make their lives worth living. Beaty dazzled Arena audiences last summer with sold-out performances of his award-winning solo show Emergency (formerly Emergence-SEE!). He now returns to Arena with his first ensemble production-a talented cast of six actors led by director Oz Scott (director of Broadway's original for colored girls... and the Goodman Theatre's recent premiere The Ballad of Emmett Till). The production harmonizes with an innovative score by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), a Haitian-American composer who blends classical violin with piano and bass. To keep the interplay between text and score dynamic, Roumain's original score will be musically styled live each performance by his collaborator Elan Vytal a.k.a. DJ Scientific. Resurrection runs August 29-October 5, 2008 at Arena Stage in Crystal City. The press opening performance is Thursday, September 4 at 8:00pm.

Due to popular demand, Margaret Cho's off-Broadway hit, The Sensuous Woman will extend for an additional two weeks. The Sensuous Woman will now play its final performance at The Zipper Factory on Saturday, November 17.

In her sex-centric variety show, Margaret Cho and company give us a happy and healthy dose of body positive antics that are so sweet, silly and approachable you can have a great time while completely forgetting to be aroused.

Margaret Cho opens her new Off-Broadway burlesque-style variety show The Sensuous Woman, tonight at the Zipper Factory set for a special limited four-week engagement beginning Wednesday, September 26.

Comedian Margaret Cho will headline The Sensuous Woman, a new Off-Broadway burlesque variety show that will run for four weeks at the Zipper Theater this fall,